1 Bite BBQ MT
Rating
1560
peak 1560
Contests
26
in the data
First seen
2022-08-26
latest 2026-07-03
Best ToY finish
#143
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
3
7 podiums
Overall top-10s
8
of 26 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
690.48 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 675.35 (+15.12)
Walk rate
77%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Consistency
±32.92
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.24)
Road miles
8729
mi across 26 mapped stops · furthest 700 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ has finished one call ahead of 1 Bite BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
BIG BOYZ BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ has come out ahead in 12 of their 13 shared contests.
📅 A August team
Something about August: average finish in the top 36% across 6 contests, versus top 51% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, MT first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 26 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 163.3828 | 171.96 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 157.0856 | 169.24 | top 55% |
| Pork | 26 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 177.7028 | 162.8344 | 171.10 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 25 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 154.7772 | 169.58 | top 42% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MT | 8 | 0 | top 40% |
| UT | 7 | 0 | top 65% |
| NV | 6 | 0 | top 49% |
| ID | 3 | 0 | top 40% |
| OR | 2 | 0 | top 60% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 6 | 0 | top 67% |
| Medium (20–39) | 17 | 0 | top 47% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 39% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (7 contests)
- Cooks mostly in MT (8 of 26 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (26 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 675.35
- 2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 702.8804 | 687.47 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 698.2400 | 685.40 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 690.8228 | 655.26 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 684.4912 | 679.65 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 677.0636 | 665.59 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-03 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off Dillon, MT | 10 / 26 (695.9772) | 6 (175.4172) | 12 (173.1544) | 10 (173.1428) | 11 (174.2628) |
| 2026-06-26 | Smoke-N-Wings Blackfoot, ID | 5 / 31 (702.8804) | 4 (178.2972) | 18 (173.1316) | 6 (177.1544) | 8 (174.2972) |
| 2026-06-12 | Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT | 16 / 29 (674.7660) | 4 (175.4172) | 18 (166.8460) | 2 (176.5600) | 23 (155.9428) |
| 2026-05-23 | Best Dam BBQ Boulder City, NV | 10 / 33 (691.4060) | 7 (177.1772) | 13 (173.1316) | 1 (177.7028) | 25 (163.3944) |
| 2026-05-01 | Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash Marriott-Slaterville, UT | 12 / 19 (687.3484) | 12 (171.9656) | 18 (167.4056) | 12 (171.9656) | 4 (176.0116) |
| 2026-04-17 | The Downtown Grand Master BBQ Showdown Las Vegas, NV | 20 / 29 (672.4688) | 25 (163.3828) | 11 (172.5832) | 18 (169.1200) | 18 (167.3828) |
| 2025-11-21 | BBQ Jackpot Las Vegas, NV | 15 / 90 (693.6344) | 23 (174.2628) | 16 (174.2744) | 28 (173.1200) | 33 (171.9772) |
| 2025-08-29 | Meat & Tater BBQ Fest Meridian, ID | 16 / 39 (686.2860) | 27 (168.5600) | 17 (173.1660) | 14 (173.1544) | 14 (171.4056) |
| 2025-07-18 | Blaze of 47 Salt Lake City, UT | 7 / 26 (698.2400) | 17 (171.9772) | 1 (178.8572) | 20 (169.6912) | 2 (177.7144) |
| 2025-07-05 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off Dillon, MT | 7 / 13 (676.4340) | 7 (170.8228) | 6 (166.2284) | 5 (175.4056) | 7 (163.9772) |
| 2025-06-20 | Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship Ogden, UT | 12 / 16 (689.6572) | 6 (177.7144) | 14 (170.2628) | 7 (176.0000) | 15 (165.6800) |
| 2025-05-31 | The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 2) Sweet Home, OR | 14 / 28 (686.2172) | 24 (166.8344) | 21 (169.1200) | 3 (176.5600) | 8 (173.7028) |
| 2025-05-30 | The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 1) Sweet Home, OR | 21 / 30 (667.3140) | 8 (172.5600) | 28 (157.0856) | 8 (171.9884) | 21 (165.6800) |
| 2024-12-06 | BBQ Jackpot Las Vegas, NV | 50 / 74 (671.2916) | 46 (167.3828) | 40 (168.5372) | 56 (164.5372) | 25 (170.8344) |
| 2024-08-23 | Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT | 21 / 39 (670.7316) | 26 (165.0972) | 14 (174.2744) | 31 (163.9656) | 20 (167.3944) |
| 2024-08-09 | East Helena Smoke Show East Helena, MT | 5 / 18 (679.9428) | 6 (169.1200) | 5 (169.7144) | 7 (170.8456) | 5 (170.2628) |
| 2024-07-19 | The Blaze of 47 BBQ Cookoff Salt Lake City, UT | 16 / 16 (519.3944) | 2 (180.0000) | 12 (169.6916) | 10 (169.7028) | — |
| 2024-06-28 | Smoke-N-Wings Blackfoot, ID | 18 / 28 (674.1600) | 18 (169.6800) | 17 (166.2744) | 22 (163.9428) | 4 (174.2628) |
| 2024-06-21 | Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship Ogden, UT | 10 / 29 (690.8228) | 1 (180.0000) | 22 (167.3828) | 14 (171.4400) | 8 (172.0000) |
| 2024-05-24 | Best Dam Barbeque Boulder City, NV | 16 / 33 (680.4800) | 12 (170.8228) | 13 (171.9772) | 26 (163.9656) | 6 (173.7144) |
| 2023-08-25 | Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT | 15 / 44 (679.4400) | 19 (170.8572) | 19 (166.3428) | 16 (170.2628) | 8 (171.9772) |
| 2023-08-05 | East Helena Smoke Show East Helena, MT | 6 / 24 (684.4912) | 12 (170.8228) | 12 (167.4056) | 5 (173.1428) | 4 (173.1200) |
| 2023-06-09 | GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship Ogden, UT | 13 / 16 (679.9204) | 8 (175.4056) | 16 (163.9660) | 13 (170.8344) | 8 (169.7144) |
| 2023-05-26 | Best Dam Barbeque Boulder City, NV | 16 / 27 (674.7312) | 21 (165.1084) | 18 (165.6916) | 7 (176.5600) | 13 (167.3712) |
| 2022-09-09 | Western Legends BBQ Contest Kanab, UT | 24 / 31 (654.1260) | 13 (171.4172) | 19 (165.0972) | 25 (162.8344) | 29 (154.7772) |
| 2022-08-26 | Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT | 13 / 37 (677.0636) | 13 (170.8344) | 17 (168.5720) | 24 (165.0972) | 10 (172.5600) |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #143 (711 pts) | #126 (806 pts) | #217 (606 pts) | #73 (966 pts) | #173 (616 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #292 (753 pts) | #314 (718 pts) | #322 (813 pts) | #235 (938 pts) | #264 (883 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #331 (654 pts) | #243 (949 pts) | #363 (669 pts) | #388 (559 pts) | #296 (778 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #417 (472 pts) | #503 (412 pts) | #578 (377 pts) | #395 (537 pts) | #356 (602 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #805 (181 pts) | #760 (236 pts) | #890 (186 pts) | #1042 (121 pts) | #815 (191 pts) |